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June 12, 1928.

L. V. ARONSON TOP ' Filed March 28, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet L. V. ARONSONTOP June 12, 1928. 1,673,435

Filed March 28, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 12, 1928.

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LOUISaV. ABONSON, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEYQ TOP.

Application fi1eddllarch 28, 1927. Seria1;No. 118,933.

vent the base and the illuminating means from turning. I

It is a further ob ect of the nventionto improve the structure of tops.

Further 'objectso'f the invention will ap-' pear from the followingdescription when read in. connection with the accompanyingdrawingshowing an illustrative embodiment of the invention, and wherein:

,Figure 1 is a plan view.

Figure 2 is a central verticallsection.

Figure 3 is a detail plan viewo'f the illuminating means. j

Figures i and 5 are detailsections on the corresponding lines of Fig.2,wand' l igure 6 is a perspective view. of a portion of, theilluminating means an d the stationary base. i

As shown, the devicecomprisesa revoluble' body 1 0,a base 11 and means12to spin the j r to the base 11, being disk 3? rigidly mounted upon thesleeve 36. The disk 37 is shown top. The body 10 is shown as comprisinga shell having a lower member 13 and an upper member 14 separablyunitedas at 15. The separable means of the top are shown as comprisingan annular shoulder 16 carried by theshell 13,,and lugs 17 bent in fromthe rim 18 of the shell 14 overlapping the vertical portion 19 of theshell 13, which lugs may be entered through notches 20 in the portion 19and the shoulder 16 when the shell 1a may be revolved to bring the lugs17 under the shoulder 16 to provide a bayonet type connection between,the. shells. It will be obvious that the entire rim 18 might be spununder the shoulder 16 it it is desired to permanently secure the shellstogether To spin the top there is shown a central rod 21 revolublyassociated with the shell 14, and passing through a sleeve 22 carried bythe shell. To set the sleeve 22 into revolution thereis shown a ratchetwheel 23 rigidly carried by the sleeve 22 and apawl 24 in 33, to themember 30.

contact with-the ratchet teeth23. The pawl i 24; may be pressed intocontact with the ratchet wheel 23 by centrifugal action un der theinfluence ot' a momentum member 21, forming a bell cranlrwith the pawl,which pawl is carried by an element 25 of a drum 26, about which isnormally coiled a flexible member 27 projecting through an opening 28 ina housing 129,,the housing 29 having an upwardly projecting. cylindricalportion 30 in which the rod 21 is journal-ed and in Which it rigidlyfixed, whereby; the housing 29 and the cylindrical portion 30 may beheld stationary while the drum 26 is caused to revolve by pulling uponthe flexible member 27. To cause the return to normal of the flexiblemember27, there is shown a coiled spring 31 anchored as at 32 to the drum, and anchored at its opposite end, asat .A'ball 34: is shownappliedto the end of the flexible member27 to prevcnt the same beingdrawn to the interior of thehousing 29, and to afford a grasp formanipulation.

To cause illumination of the top, during its spinning action, there isshown an an nular abradant memberf135z carriedby the shell 13 and rigidtherewith, and pyrophoric element holding means'illustrated in detail inFig. 6. As there shown,themeansior holding the pyrophoric element isshown as c mounted upon sleeve 36, rigidly connected as formed withwings 38, 39, having downturned ears it), inwhich are j'ournaled movablemembers 4:1, 12 carrying the pyrophoric ele nents ld; 5T0 clamptheelements 43, i l in position, there are shown eccentrics 45,

46, each having a lever 47, 4:8 projecting member 35, and'are preventedfrom rising out of position by means of iin gersall, 5O

projecting beneath the disk 37. The disk 37 may be held in its lowermostposition by means of a spring 51 abutting against the disk and againstthe portion 52, housed within the shell 14 and rigid therewith. Theportion 52ris shown as connected with the shell by means of afrusto-conical portion 53 having lugs 54 passingthrough perforations inthe shell and bent into engagement therewith.

Operation.

the pawl 24 willbe, thrown into engagement with the teeth 23, causingrevolution of the parting from the shell. f When the member 27 is'slacked the spring 31 will rewind the same, and by successive pullsupon themember a rapid motion of the top maybe produced. "The base 11 byengagement of the teeth 55 with the spinning surface will be preventedfrom 20 elements stationary and in contact with the spinning abradantmember, thereby providrevolution, thereby holding the pyrophoric mg ashower of sparks Within the shell.

To permit. emission of the light of the sparks the shellis shown asprovided with a plurality of perforations 56. ,To cause a display. ,ofcolors there are provided a pluralityfof colored transparent ortranslucent elements 57 underlying'the perforations and secured to theinterior of shell 14."

Minor changes in the physical embodiment of the invention maybe made'withinthe scope of the appended claims without despirit of theinvention. 'Ielaimi v .1, A'top comprising, in combination, a

central pin, a shell revolubly mounted on said pin, ratchet teethcarried by said shell,

actuating mechanism, carried by said pin comprising means revoluble onsaid pin, a pawl carried by said means, means to cause revolution ofsaid revoluble means alterna tin in opposite direct-ions, means to,press said pawl into engagementlwith said ratchet teeth in onedireetion'fof movement of said revoluble means and to allow said pawl toslip over the teeth in the opposite direction of movement thereof, and ahous'ingmeans carried by said pin to be grasped by the user to hold thepin stationary while the shell is set into motion.

2. A top comprising, in combination, a central pima shell revolublmounted on said pin, ratchet teeth earrie by said shell,

a' housing having a portion adapted to be grasped y a user and rigidlycarried by said pin, a drum in said housing revoluble on said pin,aflexible member normally wound on said drum, attached thereto and.

pin and base adapted to bear on a supporting surface, means carried bysaid base acting to hold said sleeve stationary during spinning of theshell, illuminating means within the shell comprising relativelyrotatable members one of said members carried by the shell and the othercarried by said sleeve-and said shell having'light emitting openings.

A spinning 'toy comprising, 111 com-, bination, a shell having light.'emittin openings, mechanism to cause revolution 0 the shell, an elementrevolubly associated with said shell, pyrophoric sparking meansassociated with said element and shell com prising an abradant surfacecarried by one of said members and a pyrophoric elementholding meanscarried by the other thereof said holding means comprising a socket forthe pyrophoric element and an eccentric f V pivoted adjacent the socketand adapted to be rotated to'clamp the element in adjusted position.

i LOUIS V. ARONSON.

